Comments on: VMWare Acquires SpringSource

By: Complete List of 2009 Web, Internet and Tech Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:06:42 +0000

[...] is a leader in enterprise and Web application development and management. Press Release TechCrunch VentureBeat [...]

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:56:22 +0000

They still shopping: http://www.virtualizationtimes.com/vmware-acquire-yahoo%E2%80%99s-zimbra-unit

Fred

By: Exit Stage Right: Accel, Benchmark, NEA, And Foundation Saw The Most Exits In Q3

Exit Stage Right: Accel, Benchmark, NEA, And Foundation Saw The Most Exits In Q3 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:21:38 +0000

[...] portfolio company acquisitions in early August. Facebook acquired FriendFeed for $50 million and VMWare acquired SpringSource for over $400 million. Benchmark also had an exit with Mint.com, which was bought by Intuit during [...]

By: 2009年第3四半期、TechCrunchビジネス・トレンド・レポートを発表―ベンチャー資金17.5%アップ、M&Aますます回復中

2009年第3四半期、TechCrunchビジネス・トレンド・レポートを発表―ベンチャー資金17.5%アップ、M&Aますます回復中 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:37:40 +0000

[...] さらに重要な点は、買収された企業が買収した企業のビジネス戦略において重要な役割を担っていることだ。（Amazon-Zappos、Facebook-Friendfeed、Google-On2、Yahoo!-Xoopit、VMWare-Springsource、RIM-Torch Mobile、Intuit-Mint、等々）。一部の大手企業は繰り返し戦略的企業買収を行っている。（Adobe、 EMC、IBM、Thomson Reuters、Yahoo!、Google、等々）。またM&Aの件数は各分野（エンドユーザー向けウェブ事業、通販、広告、エンタープライズ、エコ技術、等々）にわたって平均して増加している。 [...]

By: Q3 2009 TechCrunch Trends: Venture Funding Up 17.5%, M&A Rebounds Even More | Tech stuff center

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:02:25 +0000

[...] strategically to their businesses (Amazon-Zappos, Facebook-Friendfeed, Google-On2, Yahoo!-Xoopit, VMWare-Springsource, RIM-Torch Mobile, Intuit-Mint, etc.) Some acquirers are returning to the market with multiple [...]

By: Q3 2009 TechCrunch Trends: Venture Funding Up 17.5%, M&A Rebounds Even More

Q3 2009 TechCrunch Trends: Venture Funding Up 17.5%, M&A Rebounds Even More — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:41:15 +0000

By: Complete List of Q3 2009 Web, Internet and Tech Acquisitions | Tech Blog

Complete List of Q3 2009 Web, Internet and Tech Acquisitions | Tech Blog — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:51:28 +0000

[...] is a leader in enterprise and Web application development and management. Press Release TechCrunch VentureBeat [...]

By: Complete List of Q3 2009 Web, Internet and Tech Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:36:52 +0000

[...] is a leader in enterprise and Web application development and management. Press Release TechCrunch VentureBeat [...]

By: CloudFoundry Acquired by SpringSource

CloudFoundry Acquired by SpringSource — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:25:56 +0000

[...] few days after SpringSource was acquired by VMWare for $420M, SpringSource acquired also CloudFoundry to support their cloud deployment [...]

By: VMware compra SpringSource « JotaDeveloper

VMware compra SpringSource « JotaDeveloper — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:14:20 +0000

[...] de SpringSource, un proveedor de desarrollo de aplicaciones web y servicios de gestión. El acuerdo se ha valorado en 420 millones de dólares, 362 de los mismos en efectivo y unos 58 millones en [...]

By: Jim Breyer’s Midas Touch. Two Acquisitions in 24 Hours (Marvel And BBN) | Codedstyle

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:57:37 +0000

[...] recent exits for Accel include VMWare’s $420 million acquisition of SpringSource in August and Yahoo buying Xoopit for $20 million in [...]

By: Jim Breyer’s Midas Touch. Two Acquisitions in 24 Hours (Marvel And BBN) | Technology

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:04:44 +0000

[...] recent exits for Accel include VMWare’s $420 million acquisition of SpringSource in August and Yahoo buying Xoopit for $20 million in [...]

By: Jim Breyer’s Midas Touch. Two Acquisitions in 24 Hours (Marvel And BBN)

Jim Breyer’s Midas Touch. Two Acquisitions in 24 Hours (Marvel And BBN) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:17:03 +0000

[...] recent exits for Accel include VMWare’s $420 million acquisition of SpringSource in August and Yahoo buying Xoopit for $20 million in [...]

By: Jim Breyer’s Midas Touch. Two Acquisitions in 24 Hours (Marvel And BBN) | Anthonyrobinson.info

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:45:30 +0000

[...] recent exits for Accel include VMWare’s $420 million acquisition of SpringSource in August and Yahoo buying Xoopit for $20 million in [...]

By: VMware Launches New Virtualization Products

VMware Launches New Virtualization Products — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:01:32 +0000

[...] has had a big month. The company recently acquired SpringSource, a provider of Web application development and management services. The deal closed at a $420 [...]

By: SpringSource Picks Up Cloud Foundry, Announces New Cloud Platform | IT and Software Development

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:44:36 +0000

[...] platform-as-a-service provider. The announcement comes just nine days after SpringSource was itself acquired by [...]

By: SpringSource Picks Up Cloud Foundry, Launches New Cloud Platform

SpringSource Picks Up Cloud Foundry, Launches New Cloud Platform — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:06:21 +0000

[...] platform-as-a-service provider. The announcement comes just nine days after SpringSource was itself acquired by [...]

By: Vishal

Vishal — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:24:26 +0000

relatively new to this. Great post Cameron, I linked to your article at http://www.techbanking.blogspot.com which highlights the VMW transaction from a banking perspective.

By: sponge j

sponge j — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:17:28 +0000

Java in the enterprise is quickly becomming a poor investment. Fail.

By: James

James — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:08:19 +0000

Hilarious!

By: Skill-guru

Skill-guru — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:09:54 +0000

SpringSource developed an excellent framework which they gave to public and developed a very good business model around consulting.
Their business model was better than Sun microsystem which focused mainly on hardware.
VM ware gets an excellent product base and a super team

By: geekevaluation

geekevaluation — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:41:28 +0000

By: Benchmark Capital’s Big Day -> ApaRece

Benchmark Capital’s Big Day -> ApaRece — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:29:12 +0000

[...] second is the much larger deal – VMWare’s $400+ million acquisition of Springsource, an enterprise and web application development and management startup. Benchmark [...]

By: VMWare adquiere SpringSource

VMWare adquiere SpringSource — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:16:13 +0000

By: David Hamilton

David Hamilton — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:52:21 +0000

Very impressive for something that started out as a bunch of example programs to back a book!

I do feel that Spring is the biggest ‘Golden Hammer’ in use in enterprise development at the moment. There are definitely many situations where it is the framework/container of choice, but also I see many companies throwing it at all problems without stopping to think what constitutes the actual technology requirement.

And of the 30+ open-source projects that I have used, I have had to look at the source code of Spring the most – trying to figure out exactly what is happening…